Combined cooler display case and refrigerator



' that the cold air from the refrigeratin apfrigerator.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. AMEND, OF DES MOINES, 10W A.

COMBINED COOLER DISPLAY CASE AND REFRIGERATOR.

Application filed May as, 1923.\Seria1 no. 641,897.

To all whom it'may concem:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. AMEND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and .useful Combined 'Cooler Display Case and Refrigerator, of which .the fol-- lowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined cooler display case and refrigerator, especially adapted for use in meat markets, which maybe easily manufactured and marketed at a comparatively lowcost.

Still another object is to provide a case especially/adapted for containing meatsin which there are provided a number of com partments so that the device may be utilized both as a display case as well as a retill another object is to provide a refrigerating system in the case, which is'so positioned that the cold air therefrom will pass downwardly over the stock arranged in one of the compartments of the device,

and the cold air will then be forced through a passageway into the display portion of the case. p

In this connection, it may be mentioned aratus will travel downward and wil rerigerate any meats or other products which maybe positioned below, and at the same time if it is desired, the cold air may be forced into the display portion of the case,

or the passa eway leadingeinto the display,

rtion of t e case may closed and the an stopped so that-the entire structure will then serve asv a refrigerator'only.

My present inventlon is an improvement over 111 1921, Nb. 1,397,392. a

Withthese and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement 'and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set'forth, pointed out in my claims,

and illustrated in the accompanying draw ings, in which? igure 1 is a perspective view of my 1mproved cooler display case and refrigerator,

the door wherein access may .be had to the motor and fan being shown open.

re 2 is a sectional view takenion line 22 of'Fi'gure-hand patent issued tome November 15,

,ments B, C, D and E.

3-3 of Figure 1.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference character-A to indicate generally my improved cooler display case and refrigerator, which is provided with a pair of end walls 10, a, bottom 11 and a top 12. The case A is also formed with a .front wall 13 and a back 14.

The to 12 is preferably made of glass so that artic es within the case may be displayed therethrbugh.

The front 13 of the case Ais formed with plates'of glass 15 and 16.. The plates of glass 15 and 16 are arranged impairs spaced slightly-apart as in the ordinary refrigeratin construction.

. T e end walls'10 are also, formed with glass plates'17 and 18., The glass plates 17 and 18 are also of double construction similar to the glass dplates 15 and 16.

The case A is divi ed into four compart- The com artment B, which is the .upper' one, is pre erably for the display of meats or. the like and may beproperly called the display compartment.

1 partition member 19. separates the com partment B- from the compartment C and serves asa supporting cans for the goods p lficed within the display compartment.

e partition 19 sets snugly against the front wall 13 and may be slightly spaced from the rearwall or back 14.

The "artition member 19 has its ends spaced om theend walls 10 so as to provide the passages 20 and 21, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

Below the partition member 19 is mounted a refrigerating apparatus 22'. The refrigerating apparatus 22 is mounted upon a number of slats 23, which are spaced apart so as to provide passageways 24.

The slats 23 extend from the front to the back of the case and are supported upon the cleats 25. 1

Below the compartment. O-or refrigeratapeparatus com artment,as it-may proper y.

called, is t e compartment D which serves as a refrigerating compartment and is used for storing meats.

Sliding door members 26 are arranged in the back wall 14 and permit access into the compartment B.

The doors 26 have grooves formed in their 65 properly frames which receive the tongues 27 formed in the back wall 14 for ermitting the sliding of the doors 26. lhe doors 26 are formed with glass plates 28.

The back wall 14 is also formed with a pair of doors 29 mounted on the hin es 30. The doors 29 permit access into the re rigerating apparatus compartment, C.

In order to gain access into the compartment D, I provide the doors .31, which are mounted on hinges 32 and have locking members 33. r

A partition member 34 separates the compartment D-from the compartment E and serves to support the meats or the like, which are placed within the refrigerating compartment D.

The partition member 34 is mounted on a pair of cleats 35 which are fixed to the front and back walls 13 and 14 of the case A. The partition member 34 terminates short of the ends of the case A and forms the passage ways 36'and 37. I a

One end of the partition member 34 and one end of the partition member 19 are connected together by a partition 38. The partition 38 extends from the front to the back wall of the case A and is spaced from one of end walls 10.

The passageways 21 and 37 connect to gether and form the passageway F. One end of the compartment E, which'is below the partition member 34 opens into the passageway F. 7

Near the end of the case, opposite the passageway F is mounted a motor 38, havingthe fan element 39 thereon. The. ar-

tition member above the motor 38 is slig tly raised, as at 40, so as to accommodate the motor 38*. c

p A short wall 41 connects one end of the member 40 to the partition 34, as clearly shown in Figure 3 of the drawings. The wall" 41 is provided with an opening 42, which is in communication withthe compartment E.

One side of the member 40s is supported upon a vertical member 43, as clearly shown in Figure 1 of the" drawings.

A hinge door 44 having the locking element 45 thereoh is so arranged that access may be had to the motor 38* through the door opening of the door 44. p

In this connection,it may be mentioned that the cold air from the refrigerating apparatus 22 will pass downwardly through the gassageways 24 'and into the compartment The cold air from the compartment D I will then have to passthrough the passage- Way 36 where the air will then be forced by the fan element 39 in the directionindicatedby thearrows 46 through the compartment E; and through the passageway F A pair of closure members-47 and 48ers mounted in the passagways and 20 reaeoaera through the passageway F into the display compartment B; The air will then pass from one end of the case to the opposite end of the case'and downwardly through the assageway 20 providing the closure memer 48 is in the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 3 of the drawings.

The closure members 47 and 48 are controlled from the back of the case A, from the handles 49 and 50.

From the construction of-the parts just described, it will be seen that the cold air from the refrigerating apparatus will pass downwardly and then circulate through the compartment E, passageway F andcompartment B.

When it is desired to use the structure only as a refrigerating case, then the closure members 47 and 48 areunoved to the-position in solid lines in Figure 3 of the drawings and the fan element 39"is rendered inoperativef i The refrigerating a paratus will produce cold air which wil pass downwardly through the passa eway 24 and upon the goods placed on t e partition member 34 and within the compartment D.

It will be understood that the display compartment B is used only when the meat market is open for business and that ,the

circulation of cold air caused by the fan 39 is desirable. However, the refrigeration of the meats within the rest of the case is desirable at allutimes.

It will be seen that I have provided a display case which also serves as a refrigerator so that I practically get a double use out of a single refrigerating apparatus and case.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the various parts of my invention, without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention and it is my intention to'cover by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope. I claim as my invention:

1. A refrigerator show case having a display compartment, an apparatus compartmentand a refrigerating compartment, said apparatus compartment being arranged be-- tween the display and (refrigerating compartments, said case being provided with a passageway extending around the apparatus and "refrigerating compartments, a refrigerating apparatus mounted irr said apparatus compartment and av fan element positioned below the refrigerating compartmentadjan cent one end thereof and arranged to draw the cold air from the refrigerating appanatus through the refrigerating compart;

ment and] force it through said passageway t the pair of passageways w air will travel in a complete circuit.

into the display compartment, as and for the purpose stated.

2. A refrigerator show case having a display compartment,'an apparatus compartment and a refrigerating compartment, said apparatuscompartment being arranged between the display and refrigerating compartments, said case being provided with a passageway extending around the apparatus and refrigerating compartments, a refrigerating apparatus mounted in said apparatus compartment and a fan el ment positioned below the refrigerating compartment adjacent one end thereof and arranged to draw the cold air from the refrigerating apparatus through the refrigerating compartment and force it through said passa eway into the display compartment, a vc osure member arranged in the passageway for preventing the cold air from passing into the display compartment when the-fan element is rendered inoperative as and for the purposes stated.

3. A refrigerator show case having four compartments therein arranged one above another, the two intermediate compartments terminating short of the ends of the show case so as to form a pair of passageways, said passageways connecting the upper and lower compartments together, a refrigerating apparatus in one of said compartments, a fan element in the lower compartment for drawing cold air from the refrlgerating apparatus through the intermediate compartments, and forcing it through the lower compartment, thence upwardly through one of the passageways and into the upper compartment and thence through the other of 4. A refrigerator show case having four compartments therein arranged one above another, the two intermediate compartments terminating short of the ends of the show case so as to form a pair of vertical passageways, said passageways connecting the upper and lower compartments together a refrigerating apparatus in one of sai vcompartments, a fan element in the lower comparterebythe cold ment for drawing cold air from the refrigerating apparatus through the intermediate compartments and forcm' it through the lower compartment, t 'ence upwardly through one of the passageways and into tlfie t e upper compartment and thence through other of the pair of passageways where y the cold air will travel in a complete circuit.

5. A refrigerator show casing having four compartments therein arranged one above another, the two intermediate compartments terminating short of the ends of the show case so as to form a pair of verticalpassageways, doors in said case for gaining access into said compartments, said passage ways connecting the upper and lower compartments together, a refrigeratin apparatus in one of said compartments, a an element in the lower compartme'ntfor drawing cold air from the refrigerating apparatus through the intermediate compartments and forcing it through the lower compartment, thence upwardly through one of the passageways and into the u per compartment and thence throu h the ot er of the pair of passageways wherehy the cold air will travel in a complete circuit.-

6. A refrigerator show case having a dis- .play compartment, an apparatus com artment and a refrigeratin compartment, core in the back wall of sai case for aining access into said compartments, sai apparatus compartment being arranged between the dis ay and refrigerating compartments, sai case being provided with a passageway extending around the apparatus and refrigerating compartments, a refrigerating apparatus mounted in said apparatus comartment and a fan element positioned beow the refrigeratin compartment adjacent 'one end thereof an arranged to draw the cold air from the refrigerating apparatus through the refrigerating compartment and force it through said passageway into the GEORGE c. AMEND.

display compartment, as and for the pur 

